NCLA Executive Board Report
Roundtable on the Status of Women in Librarianship
October 18, 2002

The Roundtable on the Status of Women in Librarianship offered a successful workshop on September 27th in Winston-Salem. Dr. Arabelle Fedora delivered a program on "Effective Presentations to 1 or 1,000" to a gathering of public and academic librarians. The RTSWL is proceeding with plans to issue an award at the 2003 conference for recognizing a professional librarian in North Carolina who has provided outstanding leadership and service in furthering the status of women in librarianship, the mission of the library in the community, and/or the support of women colleagues in the workplace. This award will be named in honor of Dr. Marilyn Miller. Winners will receive a plaque and a cash award (funded by the RTSWL.) Award criteria will be established early 2003 and sent to the membership since this will necessitate a change in by-laws. A call for nominations will go out in May 2003 with an August 1 deadline. The RTSWL Executive Committee and at least one person from the RTSWL membership will select a winner from the nominations based on the criteria met; and the award will then be announced at the Fall conference. The NCLA Executive Board will remember that approval for proceeding with these plans was given
at the January 2001 NCLA Executive Board meeting (provided the RTSWL did not seek outside donors for the cash award). The RTSWL requests a time slot during the opening session at the 2003 conference to announce the award and seeks confirmation of this request from the NCLA Executive Board. The next RTSWL Executive Committee meeting is set for November 1, 2002 in Winston-Salem.

Laura Weigand
Chair, NCLA/RTSWL